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A Potomac Edison worker begins to remove a number of fallen branches from a high voltage line along Rosemont Avenue, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Frederick, Md.. Many area homes and traffic lights were without power. (AP Photo/The Frederick News-Post, Bill Green)
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A bird perches next to ice covered sneakers hanging from utility lines after a winter storm Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. Icy conditions have knocked out power to more than 200,000 electric customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and prompted school and legislative delays as well as speed reductions on major roadways. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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French Customs employees pose for reporters next to about 698 elephant tusks, before crushing them into dust, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Thursday Feb. 6, 2014. France is crushing more than 3 tons of illegal ivory in Europe's first destruction of a stockpile of the banned elephant tusks. Thursday's pulverization is intended to send a message to poachers and traffickers that preservationists hope will help stem the illicit trade that endangers the species' survival. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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A man inspects an ice covered downed tree that took out an utility line and landed atop a minivan, after a winter storm Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. Icy conditions have knocked out power to more than 200,000 electric customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and prompted school and legislative delays as well as speed reductions on major roadways. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
